Kaieteur News

• Pres. Ali refuses resignation of COI chairman despite U.S. revoked his visa

  (Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali has “emphatically” rejected an offer of resignation from Godfrey Smith, the Chairman of the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (CoI), following the abrupt revocation of Smith’s United States visa amid mounting geopolitical fallout over China ties. Smith revealed the development on Tuesday morning in a press conference before the CoI […]

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• Australian firm taps $4B Govt. mineral mapping programme for Oko gold hunt

  …commissions 2,440-line-kilometre airborne magnetic survey over Oko properties (Kaieteur News) – Australian mining company El Dorado Goldfields, formerly Liberty Metals, is utilising the government’s mineral mapping programme to conduct a high-resolution magnetic survey over its Oko North and Oko South gold projects in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). The Oko North and Oko South Gold projects, consist of […]

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• Marine Superintendent admits MV Barima had flaws

  …lacked safety gear, missing stability certificates, unverified repairs (Kaieteur News) – Revelations before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the July 18, 2026 MV Barima maritime disaster reached an eyebrow-raising peak on Tuesday as Marine Superintendent Bailey conceded under hours of questioning that the ill-fated vessel was unsafe to operate, detailing that the boat lacked safety […]

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